Altera adhuc fupereft vifenda Ægyptia Tellus, Altera vinc❜la manent; uret graviore flagello Afperior Dominus: paffura atrocius olim Mæsta jugum foboles patriis decedet ab oris, Opprobrioque gemens majore, Euphratis ad undam Niliacos iterum renovabit perdita luctus.

Sublimes templorum apices, qui cufpide tangunt Sydera, venturi confusâ clade Nepotes Disjectos latè afpicient; mæftique ftupebunt Immane excidium & vaftæ veftigia molis. Illa etiam Imperii venerabilis altaque Sedes, Quâ vos fulfuros fera ufque ad fæcula natos Creditis, hinc longè hoftiles ducetur in oras, Victorifque fuperbi ornabit capta triumphos. Quin facras dextra effrænis populabitur aras, Et vafa ipfa DEO templifque dicata Tyrannus Efferus indecori violabit fquallida vino; Sacrilegofque fales inter lufufque profanos Exultans, vetito fe proluet impius auro.

Sæc'la quaterdena affiduo revolubile curfu Tempus aget; varias fato verfante fubibunt Regna vices; alios dum Gens infaufta dolores

New ÆGYPTS yet, and fecond Bonds remain, A harsher PHARAOH, and a heavier Chain: Again obedient to a dire Command,

Thy Captive Sons shall leave the promis'd Land: Their Name more low, their Servitude more vile, Shall, on EUPHRATES' Bank, renew the Grief of NILE.

These pointed Spires that wound the ambient Sky, Inglorious Change! fhall in Destruction lye

Low, levell'd with the Duft; their Heights unknown,
Or meafur'd by their Ruin. Yonder Throne,
For lafting Glory built, defign'd the Seat
Of Kings for ever bleft, for ever great,
Remov'd by the Invader's barb'rous Hand,
Shall grace his Triumph in a foreign Land.
The Tyrant shall demand yon' facred Load
Of Gold and Veffels fet a-part to GOD;
Then by vile Hands to common Use debas'd,
Shall fend them flowing round his drunken Feast,
With facrilegious Taunt, and impious Jeft.

Twice fourteen Ages shall their Way complete:
Empires by various Turns fhall rise and set;
While Thy abandon'd Tribes fhall only know

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Volvet adhuc, aliafque geret lacerata catenas;
Demiffifque oculis & mæfto languida vultu
Lapfa gemet recolens, & adhuc ventura timebit.

Hoftili Judea folo, Babylonis ad undas, Languefcens lu&u, lacrymisque immersa sedebit; Plectraque vicinis pendebunt muta falictis. Nec jam molle melos tentabit lingua; choreas Nec poterunt agiles membra exercere, labori Membra diu affueta, & tacitæ ftudiofa quietis. Lucenti undarum in fpeculo nimiumque fideli Sponfa repercuffos formidans fquallida vultus Horrefcet: conjux languentis in ore maritæ Profpiciet fobolis maciem luctufque futuræ; Afperaque, amplexus vexantia, vinc'la queretur. Lugebunt neglecta diu folennia Sacra Turba Sacerdotum, percuffi triftia palmis Pectora; feftorumque oblivia longa dierum Plorantes, folvent lugubribus ora querelis. Quin lacrymas, gemino quafi fonte, effundere poffe Solliciti optabunt Vates, fletufque ciere Perpetuos; noctis fuper alta filentia fauces Horrefcent barathrorum atras dirafque procellas; Et fubito excuffis flammarum turbine fomnis,

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A diff'rent Mafter, and a Change of Woe:
With down-caft Eye-lids, and with Looks a-ghaft,
Shall dread the Future, or bewail the Paft.

Afflicted ISRAEL fhall fit weeping down
Faft by the Streams, where BABEL'S Waters run;
Their Harps upon the neighb'ring Willows hung,
Nor joyous Hymn encouraging their Tongue,
Nor chearful Dance their Feet; with Toil opprefs'd,
Their weary'd Limbs aspiring but to Reft.

In the reflective Stream the fighing Bride,
Viewing her Charms impair'd, abash'd shall hide
Her penfive Head; and in her languid Face
The Bridegroom shall fore-fee his fickly Race:
While pond'rous Fetters vex their close Embrace.
With irksome Anguish then your Priests shall mourn
Their long-neglected Feasts despair'd Return,

And fad Oblivion of their folemn Days:

Thenceforth their Voices They shall only raise,
Louder to weep. By Day your frighted Seers

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Shall call for Fountains to express their Tears;
And wish their Eyes were Flouds: by Night from

Dreams

Of opening Gulphs, black Storms, and raging Flames,

Attoniti referent trepidanti mane popello
Myftica figna dolorum, & atroces Numinis iras.

Interea miseranda Cohors, pofcente Tyranno Feftivos citharæ numeros & amabile carmen, Ufque adeo (referent) proles captiva Jacobi Gaudebit? dudum filuerunt pendula plecra, Ora melos filuere oblita! Ut carmina Regi Hoftili, patriâque procul tellure, canemus? Nofne jugo oppreffos graviori, flagra timentes Afpera; & ad nutum fævi trepidare magiftri Affuetos, humilefque trementia flectere genua; Nos, fordes hominum, nofne efferet alma voluptas; Languentesve animos dulcis tentabit Imago? Heu longæ tandem poft tædia tarda diei

Cum nox lenta venit; votorum hoc fumma, labores
Exuere ingratos paulùm, feffifque foporem

Indulgere brevem trepida inter fomnia membris,
Donec atrox redeat redeunti fole Tyrannus.
Luctibus affueti meditemur gaudia? luctus
Perpetuos renovare jubet Natura; videtur

Hoc nobis Rationis opus. Nonne improba primùm
Stultitiæ vano manavit fonte Voluptas?

Certè